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While appearing on The Bill Simmons Podcast recently, the NBA Finals MVP was asked if he would consider finishing his career in Seattle if the city ever got an expansion team. Simmons made a comment about how bad it was the city to lose the team which featured Durant and Russell Westbrook. Who knows what went on with that.

He tagged Beyonce , JAY-Z, The Rock, Chris Rock , Dave Chappelle , Jerry Seinfeld , Steve Harvey , and Justin Timberlake in the post urging them all to help him help Texas. According to Variety , Houston Texans player J.J. Watt also put up a fundraiser account that has already garnered $522,000 in donations. "When a natural disaster strikes, many of us ask, how can we help?" 'I'm donating $100,000.

He is due to be paid $11.1 million this season, and $11.2 million and $10.5 million in 2018 and '19. Since signing the long-term contract extension, Haden has missed 15 games because of a wide variety of injuries, everything from a pair of concussions that short-circuited his 2015 season to finger and groin issues that forced him to the sideline for multiple games.

This is the birth anniversary of the great hockey player, hockey wizard, Major Dhyan Chand ji. He had also mentioned about the National sports day , celebrated on 29 August. On this day each year, the President of India presents the sports-related awards namely the Arjuna Award, Dronacharya Award and Rajiv Gandhi Khel Ratna to honour sports persons and coaches for their contribution to their respective sports.

The 21-year-old, adept with both feet, that can operate across the frontline or as an attacking midfielder, would provide more vibrancy to Jurgen Klopp's options with Adam Lallana and Philippe Coutinho unavailable. Do you think Lemar will be a good signing for Liverpool? However, with Kylian Mbappe on his way to Paris Saint-Germain, Monaco are desperate to sign a striker and are targeting the Liverpool forward.

Sterling started the first two matches of the season on the bench, though he struck as a substitute to earn City a point against Everton last week. City and Arsenal fans, what do you make of this potential player-plus-cash deal? Shkodran Mustafi's representatives are in Italy as talks over a season-long loan move to Inter have reached an advanced stage while Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain is keen to complete a move to Chelsea .

Vidic also believes Matic is similar to current Red Devils midfielder Michael Carrick, who has won five Premier League titles with the club and is seen by many as a United legend. 'And of course, the team helped me adapt quickly, they treated me very well from the very first day I entered the dressing room. The guys helped me adapt as soon as possible, and of course, on the pitch we also help out each other.

The latter was his only option, as NZC would not issue an NOC given they already grant players like McClenaghan annual leave to play in the Indian Premier League. "I've worked closely with NZC throughout the process, while also making it clear I still harbour ambitions of playing for New Zealand in the future", added McClenaghan, who has played 28 T20s and 48 One-Day Internationals for his national team.

Liverpool would surely hate to lose Can on a free transfer, and manager Jurgen Klopp has recently said that the club are in talks but have so far been unable to reach an agreement on a new deal, per James Pearce at the Liverpool Echo.

Seems Shkodran Mustafi will only spend one season at Arsenal. He has already agreed personal terms with Inter over a deal which will keep him there for the remainder of this campaign. It has been a turbulent summer already in North London, with Mesut Ozil and Alexis Sanchez refusing to sign new contracts, fellow rebel Alex Oxlade-Chamberlain seemingly on his way to crosstown rivals Chelsea, and the likes of Gabriel Paulista and Wojciech Szczesny already having departed.

Ricciardo's third place was his sixth podium so far. Daniil Kvyat started nineteenth on the grid at Spa-Francorchamps following an engine change, but found himself faced with too much to do, with the Russian only managing to recover to twelfth.

While Hennessy entered the offseason as the frontrunner to replace released veteran Matt Overton at long snapper, Rhodes "positional versatility" gave him an edge in winning the job with all else being relatively equal regarding their performance snapping footballs.

It's unclear whether or not Pickford will be available for the match against Manchester United after the worldwide break, or Everton's opening Europa League match at Atalanta. The 23-year-old was potentially in line to win his first senior cap for England , having appeared for the U21 side on 14 occasions. England manager Gareth Southgate has not called up a replacement because he already has keepers Joe Hart, Jack Butland and Tom Heaton in his squad.

Energised by Liverpool's emphatic progress in Europe, Simon Mignolet has challenged the Reds to underline their ascension with a victory against Premier League title rivals Arsenal this weekend. Lemar has been heavily linked with a move to Arsenal this summer, and the Gunners have had three bids rejected for the highly rated 21-year-old winger.

When asked about the defender, Klopp said: "Good". Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp: "We wanted to show our desire, our greed, our ambitions against a very strong side". It was the Gunners' second successive Premier League defeat and left them, and Wenger, facing yet more searching questions. Steve Nicol argues for Liverpool keeping Coutinho and attempts to slide the Brazilian into the squad that thrashed Arsenal .

Holder admitted to the offense at the end of the day's play and accepted the sanction. Holder's offence was a breach of Article 2.1.4 of the ICC Code of Conduct for Players and Player Support Personnel, which relates to "using language or a gesture that is obscene, offensive or insulting during an International Match".

The 30-year-old had travelled to NY and hoped to take part in the final Grand Slam of the year, which gets under way on Monday. Please Wait while comments are loading. Murray, who will miss a slam for the first time since the French Open in 2013, said: "If I get myself fit and healthy, there is no reason why I can't (come back at the same level)".

The video shows Marquinhos throwing some dance moves until Rabiot pops up at the end and says: "He's going to Tottenham". SFR also state that United midfielder Paul Pogba is also pushing for Aurier to join him at the Theatre of Dreams. Aurier, 24, has been involved in several controversies during his three seasons at the Parc des Princes, and the signing of Dani Alves, combined with the fact that Thomas Meunier is ahead of him in the pecking order, means he has no real future in Paris.

The high-speed nature of the Spa-Francorchamps track had been expected to play to Mercedes' strengths, but Hamilton was required to be at his very best to stave off the threat from Vettel and his resurgent Ferrari team. Before Spa-Francorchamps the circuits remaining were thought to favour the Mercedes auto on balance, but a reassessment of the calendar now suggests Ferrari will be either equally quick or quicker at all bar perhaps one: the team's upcoming home race in Monza, Italy.

The 24-year-old moves to the Potteries on a five-year contract after the two clubs agreed a fee of £18 million. His sale for a profit of almost £14 million represents another shrewd piece of business by Tottenham chairman Daniel Levy, who also had interest from West Brom and Crystal Palace in the player.

The Mazda3 and CX-5 also now offer the safety tech. The G-Vectoring Control system uses the engine in conjunction with steering and throttle inputs to minutely reduce engine torque, putting more weight on the front wheels and making the steering feel more linear and direct.

He was a coach's coach and a mentor to many. Reflecting on my career and life, Jud was among the most influential people in regards to my preparation for both. His overall record was 416-277 (.600), and his teams made 10 NCAA tournament appearances, including winning it all in 1978-79. He was inducted into the National Collegiate Basketball Hall of Fame in 2009.

For some players, fans would worry that they may become upset and unsettled at not playing, but that is not a problem in this case. Not for me, I am happy for them, for Marouane, for Jesse, for Marcus. Mourinho said that United "had a very good pre-season" and that has set the team up well physically as they have " played against good teams " so it helped the team prepare for the season ahead and therefore now they " start the Premier League and we are playing well ".

With a Peruvian mother, Torrence held dual citizenship, enabling him to compete for Peru in the Olympics. He was pronounced dead at the scene. A native of California, Torrence won silver for the US at the World Relay Championships in 2014 and finished second at the Pan American Games in 2015.

Perisic has scored once and provided three assists in two Serie A appearances for Inter this season. It is no secret that Ivan Perisic was one of United's top summer targets, with Jose Mourinho pushing to bring in the Croatia global. The Real Madrid midfielder admitted to questioning his position after facing criticism for changing his testimony in the recent Zdravko Mamic corruption trial .

Two clean sheets and eight goals scored has seen the Red Devils get off to the flawless start while the likes of Arsenal, Chelsea and Manchester City have already suffered blips. Ibrahimovic has already formed a great understanding with the United players, and is held in high regard by the manager despite reaching the twilight of his career.

As Hurricane Harvey pounded Houston Saturday, and the team anxious about people back home, the Rice Owls lost to the Stanford Cardinal 62-7 in Sydney. They are expected to arrive in Dallas this afternoon and will temporarily set up headquarters at TCU in Fort Worth until things improve in Houston. "The terrific people at Anthony Travel, United Airlines, TCU and Baylor in particular have helped out football and volleyball programs stay safe while we wait to return to Houston".